Head-terret



UNITED STATES PATENT FFIGE.

HENRY A. PERKINS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 0. B. NORTH 85 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HEAD-TERRET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,587, dated February 8, 1881.

Application filed October 11, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. PERKINS, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new Improvement in Head-Terrets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective View; Fig. 2, the buckle; Fig. 3, a sectional side view; Fig. 4, a modification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the method of attaching head-terrets to the bridle of harness.

Usually the head-strap buckle has been attached to the head-strap by a leather loop and stitched, and the terret fixed to the strap by a nut upon the under side. In such construction it is diflicult to permanently fix the terret, and the little stitching which it is possible to apply to the buckle loop frequently breaks away and detaches the buckle.

The object of this invention is to make the terret and head-strap more permanent upon the bridle; and it consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

Arepresents the te1'ret-ring, which is of usual form, and may be provided with the usual hinged fly B. Its shank'C is riveted to or made a permanent part of the plate D, which is provided upon its under side with spurs a, more or less in number, which pass through oorresponding slits or perforations in the head-strap E, as seen in Fig. 3, and, turned hard down upon the under side, firmly attach the terret to the head-strap. The plate D affords a large surface-bearing for the terret on the strap, and the spurs, being distant from each other, afford a firmer bearing than can be had with the usual nut or rivet, and which cannot be detached.

(N 0 model.)

F represents the head-strap buckle, to which is hinged a flat metal plate, H, about the size of the plate to which the terret is attached, and with notches d at the angles, so as to pass in between the spurs aand lie upon the strap beneath the plate D, and so that when the plate D is set upon the plate H and the spurs bent down upon the under side of the strap the plate H, with the buckle F, is firmly secured, and without stitching.

In some cases a loop is desirable into which to tuck the end of the strap which passes through the buckle F. To this end the central portion of the plate D is raised to form aloop, L, and so that the depressed portion 0 of the plate D will bear upon the buckle-plate H, secure the buckle, and form, practically, the base for the terret.

The buckle-plate H, as seen in Fig. 4., may be made with a spur,f, upon its under side, to pass through a corresponding slit in the headstrap, to serve as additional means for securing the buckle.

I claim 1. The head-terret attached to ormade a permanent part of the plate D, said plate constructed with spurs a, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The head-terret attached to or made a part of the plate D, constructed with spurs a, combined with the buckle hinged to the plate H, fitted for introduction between the plate D and the head-strap, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. The head-terret attached to or made a part of the plate D, constructed with spurs a, and with the loop L, combined with the buckle hinged to the plate H, fitted for introduction between the plate D and the head-strap, substantially as and for the purpose described.

HENRY A. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

SIMEoN M. JOHNSON, EDWARD MUGARIN. 

